#09 How to initiate and maintain 4x growth every year – Felix Plog

Felix Plog is SVP of Global Operations for Delivery Hero, and previously co-founded Foodpanda (acqu. by the group in 2016) which was the leader in emerging markets.

As a growth expert he will share the challenges of ramping up operations in one of the most competitive and disruptive industries, mass-launching new markets, consolidating operations across many business units and leveraging technology to be ahead of competitors.

Interesting Quotes:

Growth is the most addictive drug you can hand out

Hire – Never compromise on quality – find the best people

Culture Fit comes naturally mostly you hire similar people to you

Be bold don’t wait to long

Don’t be scared of failing, just learn

just learn, don’t be scared of failing

Look on structure and processes together – change it in close alignment

Growth – make sure that people still have impact

Allignment & GoalSetting:
OKRs – gets you out of the Fire-Modus of a Startup – Brings you in Strategy-Modus
OKRs not from day one otherwise you are not agile enough